Global Accounting Manager

Role Description

The Group Senior Accountant is a key role within the Group Finance function with primary responsibility for delivering highquality consolidated financial reporting and providing strong technical accounting support across the Group.

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller this role owns core components of the statutory reporting cycle and plays a critical role in complex accounting areas including sharebased payments impairment assessments acquisitions thirdparty investments and hedge accounting.

This position requires technical expertise attention to detail and the ability to collaborate across functions in a fastpaced global environment. It would suit an ambitious accountant with audit or technical accounting experience who is looking to broaden their exposure to Grouplevel reporting complex accounting areas and senior stakeholder interaction.

Specific Role Responsibilities

Group Reporting & Statutory Accounts

• Support the preparation of statutory accounts for specific Group entities ensuring timely delivery and audit readiness.

• Prepare key financial analyses for Group management reporting including profitability and margin analysis.

Audit & Governance

• Play a central role in coordinating the Group audit process including:

  • Preparing and reviewing audit deliverables.

  • Acting as a key point of contact for regional finance teams.

  • Chairing or participating in biweekly audit coordination meetings to identify track and resolve issues.

  • Feeding back key matters to external auditors (including PwC NZ) to ensure smooth audit progression.

• Draft Audit Committee papers including initial preparation of accounting updates and key judgments for review by senior finance leadership.

Technical Accounting & Complex Areas

Lead and support technical accounting assessments across complex areas including:

• ShareBased Payments (IFRS 2): Work closely with the Reward team to understand new share schemes offered to employees. Ensure appropriate accounting treatment valuation inputs disclosures and documentation.

• Impairment Assessments: Coordinate and prepare Groupwide CGU impairment analysis for goodwill and acquired intangible assets (including software and customer relationships). Work closely with the SCD team to ensure assumptions forecasts and valuation inputs are aligned and supportable.

• ThirdParty Investments: Monitor equity investments in thirdparty companies for indicators of impairment. Support accounting assessments as investments mature are impaired or disposed of working alongside the SCD team.

• Lead purchase price allocation (PPA) projects for acquisitions working with external advisors to ensure journals and disclosures are auditready.

• Lead the application of the Groups hedge accounting policy ensuring compliance with IFRS requirements.

• Prepare and maintain highquality technical accounting papers to support significant judgments and conclusions.

• Support the wider Group Finance team through adhoc projects and analyses that inform strategic and operational decisionmaking.

Experience required

Experience & Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA ACCA CA or equivalent) with at least 6 years of experience.

• Strong experience in statutory financial reporting under IFRS.

• Prior experience in audit or technical accounting ideally within financial services or a complex multinational environment.

• Working knowledge of complex IFRS areas including sharebased payments impairment and business combinations.

Skills & Attributes

• Strong technical accounting and analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.

• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.

• Confident communicator able to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

• Comfortable coordinating across multiple teams and geographies.

• Proactive adaptable and solutionsfocused mindset.

• Ambitious recently qualified candidates are encouraged to apply if they demonstrate the capability and drive to succeed in a fastpaced highgrowth environment.

About FNZ Culture

FNZ is a global fintech focused on transforming wealth management through innovative technology and datadriven solutions. Our culture values accountability transparency and collaboration encouraging leaders to balance pace and innovation with strong governance and regulatory discipline.

Opportunities

• Exposure to complex Grouplevel IFRS reporting in a global organisation.

• Handson experience in sharebased payments impairment acquisitions and thirdparty investments.

• Regular interaction with senior finance leadership Audit Committee and external auditors.

• Strong platform for career progression within Group Reporting or Technical Accounting.

Commitment to Equal Opportunities

FNZ is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where individuals are assessed on merit capability and potential.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. We therefore recommend applying as early as possible. The role will close on May 15th

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealths growth platform to help. We provide a global end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with the worlds leading financial institutions with over US$2.4 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.